Congrats to Hendrickson

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(12-28-2021, 05:41 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Plenty of money to upgrade the oline without sacrificing the D line.

Disagree, I guess.
Bengals are expected to have $59 mill in cap space to work with.

They have the following impactful FAs they need to worry about:
Quinton Spain
Riley Reiff (he's likely going to void his 2nd year, making him a FA)
Jessie Bates
Larry Ogunjobi
BJ Hill
CJ Uzomah
Kevin Huber
Eli Apple (can't believe I'm mentioning him)

Ogunjobi is probably going to command $10 mill APY.
Spain and/or Reiff could command similar.
Hill probably will command $6-8 mill.
Uzomah will probably command $5+ mill.
Bates is likely going to get $15+ mill from someone.

Assuming we go with the money I outline above, Ogunjobi, Spain, Reiff, and Bates alone could command $45 mill.
Reserve another $8-10 mill for draft picks, and you're already about $55 mill.
If you re-sign both Uzomah and Hill, you're looking probably at $10-15 mill.
Then you have to worry about upgrading C and CB, as Hopkins and Waynes are not cutting it.
Releasing Waynes would free up $11 mill and releasing Hopkins would free up $6 mill, but if you're going to really try to get a good upgrade at C or CB in FA, you're looking at probably $10+ mill APY for each position. I'm not trusting a C in this draft other than Linderbaum, and I'm not trusting a CB to play well unless drafted in Rd 1 or maybe Rd 2.

At best, it will be very tight and require a lot of magic to get everyone re-signed to reasonable contracts.
It's more likely that some guys are going to have to walk.

Who do you allow to walk so that you keep both Ogunjobi and Hill?

Also, are you going to pay what potentially Ogunjobi and Hill could command this offseason to have them rotate?